The Lamestream Media used doctored footage of that very same guy to promote lies about the allegedly racist intentions of people at town hall meetings. The unedited video of that very same event, of that very same guy (filmed by Fox News) shows that the guy with the AR15 on his back is African American! Some racist, huh?age_ranger wrote:With the recent appearance of that guy carryin gan AR at that political venue I was wondering if an open carry demonstration with long guns might be benificial in some way to shed a positive light on gun ownership.
The point of this is that, if 1,000 people show up at an long gun open carry rally with ARs strapped to their backs, the Lamestream Media is going to focus entirely on the 3 guys with the bubba teeth, scruffy appearance, loud bad attitudes, waving the (shudder!!) Confederate flag. It won't matter that the other 997 are clean cut, polite, and well spoken. It won't matter that their racial demographics will mirror the national numbers. It won't matter that their socio-economic status in life mirrors the nation. The news footage that will air across the state and the country will be of the one that the Media pushes to influence fence sitters into thinking that the three unrepentant rebel bubbas represent the stereotype rather than the exception — and that stereotype is of a bunch of racist, teabagging rednecks.
That is how the media plays the game, because they, for the most part, have their noses and lips firmly affixed to the hindparts of those who want to take your guns away. They own the broadcast networks and the printing presses. So, in that light, can you see how an open carry demonstration with long guns will probably do more harm than good to the exercise of your rights? IMHO, the most constructive thing to do is to vote wisely, carry your long gun (discreetly) when you need to, and just go about your business.